Faerie Enchantment

Thursday, May 14, 2009

ZNE Convenzione Day Four! Post 5
Hello welcome to Day 4 of Convenzione, today we start off with the first day of the vendor faire/arts and paperie at the fairgrounds, not to mention receiving another AMAZING LATTE from Miss Lana, that woman is amazing and I now consider her a wonderful friend, I miss Lana....Here is a photo of Lana and Me!

Here I am at the booth!

This is one of my altered sandwich box displays, I finished it that weekend and gave to Ann-Denise Anderson, my buddy!

I also finished the pink display box and gave that one to Mica Garabino, and I kept one to bring home. That's the magic of recycling, you can turn normally thrown out items into works of art or fun.

Most of the vendors/atists arrived early to set up, of course I always arrive later then I want, LOL!, I shared a table spot with my mom, who had more goodies to sell then me, I had lost 12 dollies in the flight, but don't worry they have been mended and are now standing perfectly in the studio.

Here is my buddy Colleen Moody at her booth, this woman is incredible, and super sweet!Notice her Marie Antoinette doll, which can be seen in the premier edition of Marie Antoinette Publication from Stampington and Company!

Here are some of my mom's aka Aurora-tique's jewelry, she is truly wonderful that mom of mine, LOL!

In this picture are some of my faves: Jill aka Jillz Whimsy, Jenny aka Polka Dot Pixie, Moi and Carmen aka Gypsy Froggie!

Me and Miss Claire Bone aka Glitter and Grunge, Awesome!

Me and The Great Anna Corba, Can I just say how sweet she is,AMAZING!

The Great Colleen and ME!

My Buddy Teresa and Me, I was so happy to finally meet her, I took part in the Red Project with her, visit my link on the left to learn more about it.

I just love Heidi aka Birds of a Feather, she was my fellow East Coaster at the event!

Here is Kathryn Virello and Me! She is a doll!

Me and the snazzy jazzie gals: Yvonne Montero and Jazzie Patti!

The incredible Ingrid Pomeroy and Jill! Ingrid surprised me on Sunday with a gift of amazing postcards, I have a surprise going her way next week!

Love these girls Mica and Shari, we had a blast! Both are so talented!
Here is where the photos get funnier, Yvonne and her sister Jen gave us all these faux lip blowers to wear and take photos with, too, funny!

Here I am in the picture w/snazzy Yvonne now!

The two Lip Puckers: Me and Julie, Awesome!

LOL, here is my buddy Julee and me, how funny is this, we were just cracking up, Julee is amazing!

There were so many fabulous vendors and familiar faces at the show and coming to the show to buy artful delights and see their artist friends, from 11am-1pm we had a book signing for both days, my schedule date was Sunday, along with my friends: Jill Badowski and Traci Bautista! Katie Jean was on hand signing her work as well, all these ladies are AMAZING!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

ZNE Convenzione Day Three! Post 4
By day three I was starting to get a bit tired, but everyone's laughter and joy kept me going and re-newed my energy. Today was going to be a big day, breakfast in the morning, workshop all day, event dinner right after, so no time to change into new clothes for dinner, so If I looked scary, lol, that was it! LOL!

AnnDenise, Mica, Ruth and Me scurried down to the lobby to get our shuttle driver and head to Carrow's to meet Lana for breakfast. I'd say for all of us East Coasters,

Carrow's is equivilant to The International Pancake House or Perkin's. At Breakfast Lana presented me with the most beautiful gifts, one was an artcard she made with Dresden Trims and the next was a necklace she bought me at Tangerine, a piece made by the amazing Gina Gabriell, Here is a photo of the box it came in, I was wearing at this point, LOL!

After breakfast the real fun began, the shuttle forgot all of us at Carrows, Lana had left and went to the workshops, while we had to wait for the shuttle to come get us, since they had our supplies too. Oh I'd say an hour later it showed up, taking us to the fairgrounds to our event, let's say we were late, LOL! It made for some story telling and more laughter.

Today would bring alot of surprise for me, after getting the students supplied and ready to start the: Fairytale Follies Boat Box Class, I needed to un-wind for a second and re-group after a hectic morning. So I walked over to Iva's Class to say hi, here are some pictures of Iva Wilcox, Ann-Denise Anderson, Debrina Pratt and Yours Truly, LOL:

Here is my Fairytal Follies Boat Class Attendees:

These girls are amazing, once again my table was the loudest one on the block, LOL, when I'm involved be preparred for some laughter, not to mention adding Ann Denise, Jen, Yvonne and Joan, My Mom, who stir the laughter pot, LOL. Here are some of the boat armada, were missing a few here, but they had to set sail!

Here is a photo of Yvonne's Boat, I love it, a Mer-Kewpie Theme:

My Fairytale Follies Workshop!Yvonnes Boat 2

Yvonne gave her's away as a gift to Queen Chelize:

Gypsy working on her boat!

Kathleen and her boat!We even had Art Idol judges in my class:AnnDenise Abdul and Joan Cowell, LOL!

Art Idol Judges: AnnDenise Abdul and Joan Cowell!

After the workshop, Jen and Yvonne drove a few of us over to the other side of the fairgrounds for the ZNE Dinner, with special guests: Jill Badowsky and Michele Beschen, both are extremely nice and amazing!
Here are some highlights:

Girls at dinner Diane, Brandi,Pam, Me and Julie!

Pictured here are the amazing: Diane, Brandi, Pam, Me and Julie!

Here is a wonderful photo of Me, Michele Beschen and Anna Corba, love these gals!

The wonderful and incredibly nice Jill Badowski, her book is over the top, I love it.

Here is my buddy Pam Carriker and Me!
and my super buddy AnnDenise and Me:

The Bestest Buddy: AnnDenise and Me Friday Night!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Zne Convenzione Day 2: Marionette Theatre Workshop, Post 3!

Day 2, the first day of workshops at the fairgrounds, here is my workshop students/artists with their Marionette Theatre's. Pictured left to right are: Lynn, Jill, Iva, Jen, Yvonne, Me and Joan. Jen's Box was outside drying, lol, it was too cute. All these girls are incredibly talented and super nice, I miss each of them, we all shared an arftful experience filled with laughter and joy, Honestly, I think my workshop tables for two days were disrupting the rest, LOL, I mean all we did was create and laugh, I laughed so hard I felt like I did 1,000 sit ups. They do say laughing is good for the stomach muscles, I better laugh up some more. LOL!

Here is a photo of Me, Jill and Jen.
In this workshop, I showed everyone how to make their own dolls, from my molds, their own molds and free form sculpting. When ever I don't have to do kits, I don't, my philosophy is: "We all have different creative flows jumping around in our head, some of us love PINK and Pastels, Vintage Chic, Distressed and Grungy, Bright and Bold, we all have a vision and want to bring that vision to life. In my classes students are encouraged to run with that vision using the techniques and samples in my class to build on their own imagination and un-lock what is inside.

Anyone who has taken my classes/workshops knows I bring everything to class, from glue to glitter, picures to paper, embellishments and more, in a variety of styles. Each of the students received a Shoe Box and began building their theatres. Once the class learned the basic box building, I split us up into groups: A. the one set began building their boxes B. the next set began building their dolls, then we switched and by lunch we were all on the same page.

Here are Jen's Dolls on their way outside into the Sunny and Warm air ready for their drying time. She is an art hussler, lol, she said she never made a doll, UHM..I think she has, LOL! love her and her family!

This is the section of the oustide where everyone's dollies were drying, I loved the blooms so I had to photograph it. Here are some of the finished boxes:

Jen's Finished Box

Upclose of her box!

Yvonne's Box! Now here is the other brat Yvonne, Jen's sister. I just love her, but am in competition with Mom over whose best Friend she is, LOL!, I've already accepted my defeat! LOL!

Yvonne's Theatre: The Marionette Class 3

Yvonne's Dollie Upclose!

Yvonne's Theatre: The Marionette Class 4

Yvonne's Theatre: The Marionette Class 5

Lynn's Box!

Upclose of Lynn's Box!

Okay I just had to photograph the marionette legs on Lynn's doll in her box, I loved it! Lynn even had her husband make a crepe paper roller for me, can you believe it, I almost fainted when she gave me it with a fleur de lis mold, Uhm, I feel faint again!

Jills Box

Jill choose a marie antoinette doll head for hers, I loved this variation!

Jills Sweet Cake Base!

Sweet and Sassie Jill, love this gal, here she is with her theater, seriously she is the best.

Outside our hall, loved this tree and the blend of soft industrial meets nature!

Afterwards we headed to the Hotel, Jen and Yvonne drove us all back to the hotel, we changed and took the shuttle to The Blue Agave Restaurant on Main Street in Downtown Pleasanton, our shuttle driver Ida was sooo nice.

Here is a photo of all of us at the Blue Agave, the food was amazing, fabulous gourmet Mexican.

Here is a photo of 2 of my favorite people: Iva Wilcox and Gina Gabriell, these girls are wonderful.
Well this concludes the recap of night two of ZNE in Pleasanton, California, I have a few more days to go, LOL!
Stay tuned for post 4, our 2nd day/ 1rst day of classes in Pleasanton. In the meantime take a moment and visit these fabulous art blogs of wonderful and amazing people, plus visit these extraordinary shops in Pleasanton:
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P.S. Magic and Artful Joy to you all!
Lisa!
P.P.S. To see more of the Zne 2009 photos click:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonfaires16/sets/72157617764536165/

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